Serving tray



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MWQ MWW Patented Jan. 11, 1927.

NETED EDWIN A. LEAF, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SERVING TRAY.

Application filed August 8, 1925. Serial No. 49,031

This invention relates to that class of serving trays in which a plateof glass and a print, pattern, piece of lace or other ornamental sheettogether with a plate forming a backing for the glass bottom are securedand arranged in connection with a frame to form the tray.

An object of they invention is to provide a serving tray that is easy tohandle, that affords a firm grip to the person handling the same, andthat admits of ready removal and replacement of the glass bottom and itsbacking, so that in case of breakage of said bottom or a requirement ofchange of ornamental sheet under the glass plate, replacement of theglass or backing-may be effected with maximum ease and minimum loss oftime, and without any danger of injuring the tray frame.

The invention includes a novel molding or mold for forming the sides andends of the tray; and an object is to provide a neat, easily made andinexpensive molding adapte ed to form the frame sections that constitutethe walls of the tray, to insure against articles on the tray slidingoff.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from theaccompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description and theappended claims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention,

Figure 1 is a plan of a tray constructed in accordance with thisinvention and showing a. center ornament underneath the glass plate.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the glass plate.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the bottom.

Fig. at is a view on a slightly larger scale of one end of the trayintact.

Fig. 5 is a view of the end of the tray shown in Fig. 1 with thefastening strip taken out and quarter way turned over to show the inneredge of said strip. The glass and ornament are omitted.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental broken detail on a larger scale, in section online 6, Figs. 1 and 4.

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectionof the retaining strip shown detached inFig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a fragmental detail of an end mold and a side mold separatedand provided with dowel pins and sockets for fastening the frametogether.

The side and end walls 1, 2 are sections of molding of any suitablematerial such as mahogany, walnut, gum or other suitable timber. Thesewalls are made of moldings provided with internal and external grooves3, 4, that form the boundaries for a marginal bead having the innerprotuberance 5 at one level and the outward swell 6; at a higher leveland also provided at the bottom with the longitudinal rabbets 7 and theledges 8 and the overhang 9 which extends inward beyond the inner marginof the ledges.

' The rabbets 7 extend on three sides of the tray in themolding for apurpose to be further described.

10 indicates the plate glass bottom of the tray.

11 is the ornamental leaf or other sheet adapted to be seen through thetransparent glass bottom 10. p

12 indicates the three-ply bot-tom piece or retaining plate, which isformed of the top veneer a, the middle backing b. and the surface veneer0.

The retaining bottom plate is provided with a rabbet 13 and the moldingsat the sides and ends of the tray are provided with the retainingshoulders or ledges 8 to fit in the rabbet and to support the bottomplat? 12, said plate extending; into the rabbet 15 is a retaining striphaving a shoulder 16 on its inner side adapted to engage in rabbet 13 ofthe veneer three ply bottom piece 12; and said strip is fastened to oneof the molding sections by screws 17 which are shown inserted throughholes 18 in the strip 15 and screwed into the end molding section 2,thus holding the bottom plate 12 in position, and closing the rabbet 7.

19 indicates oblong finger hold openings extending through the endmolding strip 2 below the bead formed by the outer and inner swells 5and 6.

When it is desired for any reason to change the ornamentation of thetray, the workman may remove the screws 17, take out the retaining strip15, and then slide the entire bottom out of the groove 7 therefor andwill then remove the transparent plate 10 from above the ornamentalsheet 11 and replace it with such other ornamentation as may beapproved, then will place the parts together to insert them into thegroove 7 and will then insert the retaining strip 15 and secure it bythe screws 17.

The molding sections that form the side ill and end walls of the trayare mitered together, and are provided in their miter faces with dowelseats 20, that are shown two in number for each corner; and dowels 21are. inserted in said seats. These dowels extend at right angles to themiter faces.

In putting the frame together the dowels will be inserted with glue intothe dowel seats of the end pieces orsections and then glue will beapplied to the protruding dowels and the end pieces will be broughttoward ,he end of the side pieces, and will be brought together with thedowels completely seated, and then clamps will be applied to hold thewalls in true position until the glue for the dowels is set.

The bottom may then be put in place and secured as hereinbeforedescribed.

I claim:

1. A serving tray having walls secured together and provided at the basewith grooves to form a seat to receive a bottom plate, and cut away atone wall to admit a bottom plate edgewise; a retaining strip fastened tothe molding and adapted and arranged to complete the base of the cutaway wall; and means to fasten the strip in place.

2. A serving tray comprising side and end walls formed of moulding, saidside and one end wall having a groove therein and re taining ledges, aretaining plate having a rabbet therein into which said ledges extend,an ornamental sheet and a glass plate adapted to fit in said groove, anda retaining strip reinovably secured to the other end wall,

whereby the retaining plate, ornamental sheet and glass plate are heldin position.

A serving tray comprising side and end walls formed of moulding havingrabbets forming inner and outer grooves and termi- Dating at the upperedge in a head having inner and outer projections; said side and one endwall having a groove therein and retaining ledges, a retaining platehaving a rabbot therein into which said ledges extend, an ornamentalsheet and a glass plate adapted to tit in said groove, and a retainingstrip reiuovably secured to the other end wall, whereby the retainingplate, ornan'ieutal sheet and glass plate are held in position, and saidstrips conforming to the outside of the frame and screws to fasten thestrip in place.

EDWVIN A. LEAF.

